Bosnian and Austrian police foil terror plots targeting Jewish and Israeli sites

The Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina is collecting an archive of Balkan Jewish history, including documents, photographs, artifacts and genealogies for the future museum space and to preserve the story of Bosnian Jews.

In memory of the six million murdered Jews, the Mostar Old Bridge, the Herceg Stjepan Kosača Center, as well as the National Museum in Sarajevo, were illuminated. 

The Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to establish its archive to collect and unify archival material related to the Bosnian Jews. 

Moris Albahari, one of the last speakers of the Ladino language in Bosnia and a guardian of the Jewish tradition, passed away in Sarajevo at the age of 93.

The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.

The Sarajevo Synagogue saw its first Bar-Mitzvah after many years, when a 13-years-old Sarajevan reached his religious adulthood and became a full-fledged member of a Jewish community which for decades saw a decline in membership.

The City Council of Zenica has voted unanimously to return the city’s synagogue to the Jewish community of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Flory Jagoda, the Bosnian-American composer and interpreter of Ladino songs, passed away on January 29, 2021. She was 97.

The opening of the exhibition and the promotion of the book by Eli Tauber marked the “Sarajevo Purim” at the City Hall in the Bosnian capital.

Cardinal Vinko Puljić, Bosnia’s most senior Catholic clergyman, plans to go forward with hosting a memorial service for Croatian civilians and soldiers of the Nazi-allied Ustasha forces.

The head of the Bosnian Jewish Community, Jakob Finci, and the head of the Jewish Community of Sarajevo, Boris Kozemjakin, expressed their deep hurt and disbelief following an announcement by the Bosnian Catholic Church that a mass will be held in memory of facists killed at Bleiburg in 1945.

The Jewish community of Sarajevo is drawing on its experiences during the brutal siege of the city, which started 28 years ago, in order to guide them through the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic.